Hamilton Technology Park is undergoing significant changes as the former ‘First Direct’ building is being demolished. This follows HSBC’s relocation of staff, rendering the site surplus. The approximately 140,000 sq ft area is now being prepared for future redevelopment rather than reutilization as office space.
Demolition of the former Vogue Bingo Hall in Hamilton will begin on January 5 and take approximately 10 weeks. Due to severe damage, the building’s façade cannot be preserved. The project, managed by David Morton Demolition, is part of the Hamilton Town Centre Masterplan and aims to minimize disruption.
It’s nearly down! Almost! It was a place where many people studied over the decades, but time is up for the former Bell College building in Hamilton, as the last part gets demolished. The College was created in 1972, and was initially known as Bell College of Technology. On 1 August 2007 Bell College merged with […]
LIDL Blantyre saw its doors close yesterday, Saturday 16th March at 6pm, for the foreseeable future. Shelves were empty, stock run down ahead of the closure, which will soon see the store being demolished. LIDL is being rebuilt on a similar footprint, a state of the art supermarket worthy of the 2020s. Staff jobs are […]
Blantyre’s LIDL supermarket will close next week ahead of its demolition. The store situated near the Whistleberry Roundabout, just off Glasgow Road has full planning permission to be demolished. The store closes next week on Saturday 16th March 2024. However, for assurance LIDL intend to stay in the town with exciting plans to rebuild a […]
Work to demolish High Blantyre’s derelict ‘Kirkton Care Home’ enters the final stages this week as the demolition Contractor begins their final tidy up of the site before leaving. Beattie, the chosen demolition contractor for South Lanarkshire Council is just about finished the careful demolition work, which has been ongoing since the first week in […]
South Lanarkshire Council have this week approved plans for LIDL to demolish their Blantyre store near the Whistleberry Roundabout. Planning permission was granted for the demolition, but for assurance LIDL intend to stay in the town. LIDL have been granted permission for a modern, larger rebuild. The new supermarket will be larger with a better […]
Not even a month on from the terrible fire of 13th November at Calder Street, the Miner’s Welfare have moved quickly to progress their plans for rebuilding, by commencing the demolition of the fire damaged part from today. Central Demolition were engaged to demolish the building which has been fenced off for safety. The Constance […]